WO2005121903A3 - System and method for improvement of alignment and overlay for microlithography - Google Patents

System and method for improvement of alignment and overlay for microlithography Download PDF

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WO2005121903A3
WO2005121903A3 PCT/US2005/019392 US2005019392W WO2005121903A3 WO 2005121903 A3 WO2005121903 A3 WO 2005121903A3 US 2005019392 W US2005019392 W US 2005019392W WO 2005121903 A3 WO2005121903 A3 WO 2005121903A3
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microlithography
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Anshuman Cherala
Sidlgata V Sreenivasan
Kranthimitra Adusumilli
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Univ Texas
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Abstract

The present invention provides a method for determining the forces to be applied to a substrate in order to deform the same and correct for overlay misalignment.
PCT/US2005/019392 2004-06-03 2005-06-02 System and method for improvement of alignment and overlay for microlithography WO2005121903A2 (en)

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